Autumn is the time for picking mushrooms and berries. Many plants begin to bear fruit and bear fruit and berries useful for the human body. Rosehip has valuable substances necessary for the body in the autumn. This unique plant is used not only to extract useful properties, but also as a wonderful decoration for the home garden.
Rosehip history
Rosehip - a wild rose - has been cultivated in Russia since antiquity. Many historical books mention a wild, beautiful plant that adorned the palace and monastery gardens. The first written mention of the dog rose appeared in house books published during the reign of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich. In those days, the beautiful plant was called "serberina" or "silver", which meant wild thorny rose. The very word "serberina" came into the Russian language from Arabic. That is what the rosehip was called.
Many varieties of rose hips were brought to Russia from different states, which were planted in the royal gardens. They differed in height, color and size of buds. The most famous varieties of rose hips are cinnamon rose, dog rose.
It is interesting that the fruits and flowers of this wild rose were collected in Kazan, where the authorities sent peasants who could not pay their rent. Collecting rose hips was considered one of the peasant obligations. The plant is easy to care for, quickly adapts to changing environmental conditions.
There are many legends about the origin of this plant. One of them tells about the love of a wait girl for a young man from the Cossack estate. The young Cossack was also in love with a girl, but the ataman opposed the union. The girl liked him too. Having sent the young man to the service, the chieftain himself wooed the girl. However, he was refused. The ataman decided to take her by force. Fleeing from him, the girl grabbed her father's dagger, ran to the river and died. The girl's blood turned into beautiful flowers that were intended for loving people, and the thorns made the plant hateful to evil and bad people.
Famous rosehip varieties
Nowadays, there are many varieties of rose hips or wild roses. They attract the attention of designers who use shrubs and flowers to create hedges. The most popular varieties of wild rose is the wrinkled rose. This wild plant was brought to central Russia from the Far East to decorate home gardens.
Gray rose is a more popular plant at the present time. These are small bushes with almost no thorns. Such a plant is in demand among designers, as it fits well into the landscape. It looks great even in the absence of flowers.
Another variety that is used as a hedge is the prickly rose. However, it has its drawbacks. The plant has a branched root system, so it is almost impossible to remove it.
Sweet rose hips can be a great addition to the garden. Bushes grow up to two meters, have small pink flowers. The rosehip got its name due to the fact that the leaves can emit an apple smell.
Useful properties of rose hips
But not only rosehip flowers can benefit people. Since ancient times, it has been known about the healing properties of this plant. Rose hips are red or brown in color. Rosehip berries contain many chemical and mineral substances that are necessary for the human body. However, rose hips are not eaten raw as they retain the hairs in the seed box.
Rosehip was used as a medicinal plant in Ancient Greece. The berries were collected, ground into powder and used to heal gums and heal wounds. Rosehip is easy to prepare. Most often, decoctions or vitamin tea are prepared from the fruits of the plant, which has a tonic effect.
Delicious rose hips can be used in the preparation of medicines. Rosehip-based medicines can be used in the treatment of urolithiasis, hypertension, inflammation of the inner lining of the heart. However, a loading dose of a medicine with the addition of rose hips can harm the body, as an uncontrolled increase in vitamins will occur, and the liver can malfunction. You should carefully monitor the dosage of drugs, the portion of drugs and the berries of the plant.
A few simple recipes based on rose hips
Among the most common recipes for adding rose hips is making tea. This tea relieves headaches, stimulates human mental abilities, and has sedative properties. To make tea, take water and berries in the proportion of half a glass of fruit per liter of water. The berries are simmered in a water bath for five minutes. The resulting broth is poured into a thermos and left overnight. Healthy and light tea is ready.
Rose hips have a low calorie content, due to which they can be used in classic recipes for tea, fruit drink or herbal decoction. The calorie content of berries does not exceed 51 kcal per 100 grams. However, they contain many times more nutrients. The value of rose hips lies in the content of vitamins, ascorbic acid, iron and mineral compounds in it.
Everything in a plant is equally valuable - from roots to petals and inflorescences. Rosehip petals can be used to make jams, rose oil, mashed potatoes, tablets, and even candy. For this, there are many original, non-standard cooking methods. However, the simplest and most useful product - syrup or tea - will be more useful for humans than many medicinal preparations based on rose hips.
Rosehip is a unique and unusual plant that is popular not only among landscape designers and medical professionals, but also among ordinary people, who thus maintain their health.
